Chapter 788: Everything Has Only Just Begun

In Meiguo, Jeffrey, the director of *Doomsday Apostle 2*, looked at the opening day box office of *The Wandering Earth* and fell into a long silence.

A box office of 278 million Huaxia currency, ranking first in the Huaxia Shuji Dang, and by a landslide.

In this year's Huaxia Shuji Dang, the film ranking second in box office was a major imported blockbuster from Hollywood called *Interstellar Warrior 6*.

This is a major IP from Hollywood on Blue Star; its influence abroad, while not as exaggerated as *Star Wars* on Earth, is somewhat similar.

In this movie, there are also things similar to lightsabers, and many viewers still find watching lightsaber battles very satisfying.

This *Interstellar Warrior* series film was released during the same period as Jie Dao's *Doomsday Apostle 2*.

Jeffrey never even thought about the global box office exceeding *Interstellar Warrior 6*; it is an existence he needs to look up to.

But who would have thought that its opening day box office in Huaxia would actually be crushed by *The Wandering Earth*, reaching only 132 million, not even half of *The Wandering Earth*!

There is no helping it, Luo Mo is now the box office Myth of Huaxia.

He is a Superstar who works in film, television, and music, and he stands at the peak in every field.

Even if he filmed a pile of shit, given his previous film reputation, the opening day box office of this pile of shit would not be low.

"I actually underestimated him after all," a voice like this emerged in Director Jeffrey's heart.

The figure he guessed at the beginning was around 200 million.

However, as a mature director, he knows very well that the opening day box office cannot represent anything.

The opening day box office is linked to too many factors.

Whether the final box office of a movie explodes or not still depends on the aftermath.

To put it simply, it still depends on whether the movie is good.

Everything else is just empty.

Jie Dao also has nowhere to go for the time being to fully understand the quality and reputation of *The Wandering Earth*.

He currently still holds an attitude similar to before.

He does not believe that Huaxia can film excellent Science Fiction movies.

This field belongs only to us!

At the same time, he even feels that *The Wandering Earth* being able to have such a high opening day box office is largely thanks to himself.

Luo Mo keeps firing shots at his movie, so many Huaxia viewers will naturally chase after his new film and then walk into the cinema to give money.

"The audience is like they are doing charity," he even felt sorry for the Huaxia people.

He thinks that perhaps by relying on this wave of hype and a series of gimmicks, *The Wandering Earth* could become the domestic Science Fiction champion in Huaxia's film history.

However, it probably won't be easy for this movie to break even.

"Don't look at *Interstellar Warrior 6* having a lower box office than it now, but it probably won't take many days to overtake it."

"Huaxia people cannot resist the charm of our Hollywood blockbusters!"

In the hearts of the vast majority of Hollywood directors, as long as their special effects blockbusters are released in Huaxia, it is just raking in money!

As a well-known IP from Hollywood, *Interstellar Warrior* has extremely high global popularity.

With it released in the same period, comparing the two, Huaxia viewers will naturally know what a Science Fiction blockbuster is!

By then, *The Wandering Earth* will only be mocked!

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……..

This night, Luo Mo slept very soundly.

He knew very well that everything had only just begun.

But what he didn't expect was that upon waking up, *The Wandering Earth* had dominated the Hot Search list again.

As the king of domestic Hot Search, dominating the Hot Search list is a small matter.

A Hot Search that others dream of getting on once is just a daily routine for him.

He can easily top the Hot Search list just by changing his hairstyle!

The reason Luo Mo felt surprised was because the Hot Search entries were like this:

"【Yao Yu highly praises *The Wandering Earth*.】"

"【Cao Tong highly praises *The Wandering Earth*.】"

Several literary giants praised this movie one after another, expressing that after finishing it in the cinema, they felt very shocked and moved inside.

Yao Yu expressed that he was very happy to see Huaxia able to film such a good domestic Science Fiction movie; he is very optimistic about the future of Huaxia Science Fiction and feels that good Science Fiction films can continue to appear in the future.

At the same time, everyone says "Huaxia has no Science Fiction," which refers not only to the film field, but to the entire entertainment industry.

Huaxia has no good Science Fiction dramas, nor does it have good Science Fiction novels.

Yao Yu, Cao Tong, and others, as literary giants, sincerely hope that some high-quality Science Fiction works can also appear one after another in the field of literature.

With the momentum created by these few literary giants, *The Wandering Earth* can be said to have stolen the show.

Early in the morning, netizens were already heatedly discussing it.

"Holy shit! I originally wanted to wait and see, buying a ticket!"

"Laughing to death, my Chinese teacher told me to read Yao Yu and Cao Tong's books during the summer vacation, but it turns out Yao Yu and Cao Tong told me to go watch a movie!"

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I'm going to watch *The Wandering Earth* first."

"They all say it's good, so it must be very Ox."

"Everyone don't hesitate, my wife watched it yesterday, and she came home and told me it was good."

"Luo Mo is Ox, being able to make them promote the movie again!"

"Strange, where is Huo Yuan?"

"Yeah! Why didn't my Teacher Huo say anything this time?"

"Happy little old man, didn't you go watch it together this time?"

"That doesn't make sense. I feel like the person organizing this kind of activity should be Huo Yuan, right?"

It must be said that with the endorsement of several literary giants, many people really bought tickets to watch *The Wandering Earth* because of it.

At the same time, netizens also understand Huo Yuan.

If Cao Tong's wheelchair wasn't carried into the cinema by him, Laozi wouldn't believe it for a second!

Therefore, many silly netizens are also wondering.

"Could it be that Huo Yuan doesn't like it?"

"Teacher Huo might prefer works that are a bit more realistic and a bit more painful."

"That's normal too. It's impossible for everyone to like a movie, and the standards of people like them are definitely higher than ours."

"It's a pity, I won't be able to see the funny video of Teacher Huo praising the movie."

In reality, does Huo Yuan really not like *The Wandering Earth*?

Of course not!

He might be the person who likes this movie the most among those few.

Then, why has he been slow to take the initiative to endorse the movie like he did last time when watching *Let the Bullets Fly*?

The reason is very simple—he is brewing something big!

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, the daily box office of *The Wandering Earth* had already broken 200 million.

This is a very terrifying number.

If there are no surprises, today's single-day box office will definitely be able to reach over 300 million.

Interestingly, there is also a teacher's social media post that has gone viral online.

Before the summer vacation, the books she recommended to her students to read happened to include works by Yao Yu and others.

Good heavens, it turned out that a student recommended *The Wandering Earth* to her and told her to go watch it.

The teacher felt both amused and annoyed, so she posted about it on social media and indicated that she would go watch it.

——You don't know this, but actually, I am a secret fan of Luo Mo!

And at three o'clock sharp in the afternoon, Huo Yuan, who had been silent all along, joined the "battle."

How could he not participate in such a lively event?

The reason Huo Yuan joined so late is because the things Yao Yu and the others wrote were short, while what he wrote was long!

Yes, Teacher Huo Yuan actually wrote a... Film Critic for *The Wandering Earth*!

This is very terrifying!

After Luo Mo learned of this news, he was a bit stunned.

"Other movies looking for people to write film reviews mostly look for Film Critics, internet celebrities, and the like. Those with strong Connections will look for expert judges of awards or look for famous directors and famous screenwriters."

"But Huo Yuan is someone who has won the highest level of national literary awards!"

"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his words are worth their weight in gold!"

This level of film review really isn't something you can get just by spending money.

This has made people in the film industry envious, jealous, and hateful!

However, some people laughed out loud in their hearts.

"A film review being too popular isn't necessarily a good thing!"

"Film reviews will mostly lead to spoilers!"

"In this way, it might affect the movie."

As a result, when these people went to read the film review written by Huo Yuan, there were actually no excessive spoilers!

It is very obvious that Huo Yuan was very careful to avoid these while writing.

——"Heartfelt."

In this film review, he expressed with great gratification: "Although the Science Fiction film field already has Hollywood, it also needs Chinese-style Science Fiction films."

He emphasized multiple times that *The Wandering Earth* is standard Chinese-style Science Fiction.

At the same time, from the core perspective, this is also a standard anti-Hollywood trope film.

Huo Yuan also stated: "In this movie, there should actually be countless stories hidden, but we are watching this film from the Perspective of the protagonist group, and the camera is following the protagonist group, so what we see is their story."

"Most of the traditional disaster films, or commercial Science Fiction films, that we have watched before mostly have saviors, superheroes, and plots like gods descending to earth."

"But the part of *The Wandering Earth* that moved me the most is this anti-individual heroism."

"After watching this movie, I also roughly understood why Luo Mo insisted on making a Science Fiction film and why he had to invest so much cost, fighting a desperate battle."

"The world already has Hollywood, and it already has a very mature film industry system."

"However, we still must have our own Chinese-style films because we have our own culture and our own values. We shouldn't always passively accept the Output of others, and we should also strive for many public opinion fronts!"

"A long time ago, a great person taught us: human history is not pushed forward by individual heroes, but by the people; the hero-centric view of history is incorrect!"

"I won't provide spoilers here, but the work the male lead engages in at the very end of the movie actually proves this point very well."

In the movie, Liu Qi eventually became a Junior Pilot.

The only thing special is that he wears a medal.

He did not become a hero for all of humanity, but instead became a novice pilot.

Because the reason Earth was saved relied on many, many people.

He was merely one of them.

"Those who save the people are often the people themselves."

"Although this movie is a Science Fiction film, in my view, it highlights two words in many places—truth!"

On Earth, many people criticized this movie, saying it was a bunch of brats who didn't know anything, yet they ended up saving the whole world.

But is that really the case?

Naturally, it is not.

Even the light beams that finally rose from the engines to ignite Jupiter were three full light beams rising!

Beside other engines, there were also people making the same efforts as the main character group.

At the end of this film review, which was over a thousand words long, Huo Yuan also wrote:

"I don't know why, but after watching this movie, I remembered the year of the earthquake, when among the 'Touching China's Top Ten Figures', there was a very special 'figure'—the entire Chinese people."

"This makes me wonder, every time the people of Huaxia face a natural disaster, do they rely on one person or a few heroes?"

"No, they rely on the overnight calculations of engineers, the Saturated Rescue of countless soldiers, and the self-rescue and mutual aid of countless ordinary people."

"People Long Live!"

(End of this chapter)